A MOTHER and daughter’s two-week holiday ended in tears after their camera was taken.

Viviana Hengal and her 13-year-old daughter Michal were in Ethel Austin’s in Three Tuns Lane when their camera disappeared on Tuesday.

On it were precious pictures of Michal and the grandmother she had never met before. Now she is devastated because she might never have her picture taken with her again as she flew back to Israel with her mother last night.

“The camera has all our holiday pictures on; snaps from EuroDisney, Buckingham Palace and on the London Eye. It was an Olympus camera and it cost £200 but we don’t care about that, we would just like our photographs.

“We think we got it taken in Ethel Austin on Tuesday between 10am and 10.30am. Everything we have done from the last two weeks was on it. It’s disappointing because we were on the last part of our holiday.

“We did not see anyone take it and we did not expect anyone to take something like that. They took it from our rucksack and there were a lot of people in the shop at the time. The store assistants were very helpful and searched everywhere but we couldn't find it.”

They went back home to Israel last night after a short stay at their auntie’s, Hilary Turner, in Formby.

If anyone finds the camera or memory card, please leave it at the Formby Times office in Elbow Lane and we will return it to Viviana and Michal.